LITHUANIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTRE (LSRC) is a public research institute that carries out fundamental and applied social research significant to the society. The main stakeholder of the LSRC is the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. With a history of more than 40 years, the LSRC is striving to become a centre of excellence for high-quality national and international research and an important venue for the training of doctoral students in Sociology and Economy. Today Lithuanian Social Research Centre is the home of five research institutes (
Institute of Sociology,
Labour Market Research Institute,
Institute of Human Geography and Demography,
Institute for Ethnic Studies
and
Institute for Social Welfare Research )
that implement Long-term Research and Development Programme of the LSRC funded by the state budget, as well as national and international research projects funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, the European Union, and other international bodies and organizations, including industry and business entities.